they're here!!

this is going to be an incredibly long post, so i apologize and if you don't want to read it that's okay.  it's more for me anyway!  on monday, nov 8 we went to a regular doctor's appointment to get dopplers and have an ultrasound, you know the usual.  on the way down, i asked nick what he was feeling about this appointment and what he thought would happen.  he said he was feeling confident and curious.  he then asked me, "why?  what are you thinking?"  i told him that i felt like this would be the last appointment and that dr. haeri would say that we were done and that we would be delivering the babies.  so we got to the appointment and got the ultrasound, and the doc came in and said to the stenographer, "are you sure about that umbilical artery on baby a?"  he told us it was a little high and he then checked it three times just to be sure.  he put the probe down and looks at me and says, "ok here's the deal.  we're done.  you've made it 32 weeks and that is awesome and for ttts i consider this full term.  piper's ua is high and that means that your placenta is about to crap out (true statement)."  he then said, "it's not an emergency so we can deliver the girls tonight or tomorrow."  i laughed because i was thinking like a few days.  so we scheduled the c section for wed morning at 9:30.  nick took me over the the hospital for the fourth time and all the nurses were cheering and saying, "fourth time's the charm."  they have gotten to know me pretty well.  nick went home and put the kids to bed and squared them away for the next day.  i had a restless night of sleep because i had to be on constant fetal monitoring and contraction monitoring.  i was having some really strong contractions and the resident came in and said, "if you go into labor tonight you'll be on tv."  the the doc from the little couple is a neonatologist at the hospital and would have been over our case.  i thought that would have been cool, but i wanted to wait for dr. haeri and nick to be there.  so my body finally stopped contracting so much thanks to the mag drip they had me on.  the next morning they got me all prepped in antepartum, and wheeled me to l&d.  i was really really nervous and shaking because of it.  my nurses were sweet and took good care of me.  they wheeled me into the or about 10 am and got to work.  i got my spinal block which i didn't even feel.  they laid me down, and got to prepping my stomach.  they kept asking if i was okay and i told them that i needed to throw up.  so after throwing up, i was finally numb.  dr. h came over and got to work with dr. r the resident.  laura our nurse from the clinic was there and sweet.  now this is where i don't know all the details because i obviously didn't get to see anything.  they made the incision, and i guess fluid started flowing.  nick said i had about a gallon and a half of amniotic fluid and that it started backing up because it filled the first bucket they had, so they had to hurry and change out the bucket, but because it had backed up it sprayed all over dr. h.  sorry about that.  he said, "i just got a laurel staples shower."  yummy right.  they then pulled piper out who was not crying and i guess as nick puts it, had to work her over to get her breathing.  then came eden.  apparently she was still in her bag when she came out.  they cut the bag and pulled her out and i heard the most pathetic little cry in the world.  nick left me then to go attend to the girls and dr. h and r. finished their work on me.  they brought piper in so i could see her for a minute before they rushed her up to the nicu.  a little later they brought eden in for the same amount of time.  they were so tiny.  that was the last time i saw them for the next 24 hours.  it was the most excruciating 24 hours i've ever been through.  nick spent they day running from bed to bed to bed.  we have dubbed him super dad.  he went home that evening to put syd and sawyer to bed, and then they were planning on coming down the next day to see me and the girls.  i will say that a c section is about the worst way to have a baby.  day two about killed me.  but enough about me.  piper and eden are here and doing "fine"(this has become my least favorite word.)  every time we call the nicu the nurses say they are doing "fine".  that's not a good word for a worried mama.  piper weighed in at 3 lbs 8 oz and 16 inches long.  eden was 2 lbs 6 oz and was 14.5 inches long or small.  they are darling and we love them so much.  sydney and sawyer love them and can't get enough kisses in.  we love them and continue to witness miracles in our lives with these sweet baby girls.  we are so thankful for all the love and support from everyone and the well wishes.  we hope to have these babes home soon but they are in the best neonatal unit in the world, so we know they are being taken care of.